identify
(verb)
verb
1. recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
- She identified the man on the `wanted' poster
Similar word(s): place
Definition categories: cognition, determine, set
2. give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
- The almanac identifies the auspicious months
Similar word(s): name
Definition categories: communication, denote, refer
3. consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else
- He identified with the refugees
Definition categories: cognition, consider, reckon, regard, see, view
4. conceive of as united or associated
Definition categories: cognition, associate, colligate, connect, link, relate
5. identify as in botany or biology, for example
Similar word(s): describe, discover, distinguish, key, name
Definition categories: cognition
6. consider to be equal or the same
- He identified his brother as one of the fugitives